Tyson Headlines New Season of FSN Series

By R. Thomas Umstead
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A profile of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will lead the third
season of Fox Sports Net's sports-biography series, Beyond the Glory.

Overall, the network announced Thursday, it will air 12 original episodes of
the one-hour weekly Sunday-night series, beginning June 1 with a close-up look
at National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing driver Rusty Wallace.

On July 16 the network will air a special two-hour show profiling Tyson.
Other athletes set to appear on the show include National Basketball Association
stars Dominique Wilkins and Paul Pierce and National Football League players
Jeff Garcia, Corey Dillon and Jerome Bettis.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.